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[[File:Laura Hillenbrand.png|thumb|Source: laurahillenbrandbooks.com]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Hillenbrand '''Laura Hillenbrand'''] is author of two award-winning, best-selling books: ''Seabiscuit: An American Legend,'' about a champion race horse who became a national legend during the Great Depression, and ''Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption,'' about a promising track Olympian who suffered years as a WWII POW in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://laurahillenbrandbooks.com/ | title = Laura Hillenbrand: Author of Unbroken and Seabiscuit|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> Both books were adapted into acclaimed movies.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0329575/</ref><ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1809398/</ref> Since she was 19 years old, Hillenbrand has lived with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS).<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/seabiscuit-author-laura-hillenbrand-on-coronavirus-symptoms-it-felt-like-i-was-breathing-through-gauze.html | title = ‘Seabiscuit’ author Laura Hillenbrand on coronavirus symptoms: It felt ‘like I was breathing through gauze’ | last = Crombie | first = Noelle | date = Apr 10, 2020|work=The Oregonian/OregonLive|access-date=2020-04-15|language=en}}</ref> She is open about her illness, writing "A Sudden Illness," a poignant 2003 essay in the ''The New Yorker'' about the onset and her long confinement as she slowly recovered.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/07/07/a-sudden-illness | title = A Sudden Illness | last = Hillenbrand | first = Laura | date = 2003-06-30|work=The New Yorker|access-date=2019-01-10|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}</ref> At the same time, when asked in a 2011 ''The New York Times'' interview whether she would ever write an autobiography, she said: "I have to spend so much time being vigilant on my body and worrying about my body and suffering. So much of my own autobiography would be about my health, and I don’t know if I want to spend myfessional life thinking about that. I write to escape my circumstances."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/an-author-escapes-from-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ | title = An Author Escapes From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | last = Parker-Pope | first = Tara | authorlink= | date = 2011-02-04 | website = Well|publisher=The New York Times|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-10}}</ref> == Notable Quote == "Fatigue is what we experience, but it is what a match is to an atomic bomb."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2014/10/22/unbroken-a-chronic-fatigue-patients-long-road-to-recovery/ | title = Unbroken: A chronic fatigue syndrome patient’s long road to recovery | last = Newby | first = Author Kris | authorlink = | date = 2014-10-22 | website = Scope {{!}} Stanford University|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2020-06-20}}</ref> ==Articles== *2001, [http://articles.latimes.com/2001/mar/27/news/cl-43092 "Despite Illness, Author Pushed to the Finish Line" by Jennifer Frey of the Washington Post]<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2001/mar/27/news/cl-43092</ref> *2003, "A Sudden Illness," by Laura Hillenbrand, ''The New Yorker'', Jul 7, 2003 issue, "Personal history about the writer’s experience with chronic fatigue syndrome."<ref>http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2003/07/07/a-sudden-illness</ref> *2010, "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Celebrated Author's Untold Tale" in ''Elle'' magazine by Aaron Gell.<ref>Gell A. (Dec 2, 2010). Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Celebrated Author's Untold Tale. ''Elle''. Retrieved from http://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/advice/a2458/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-a-celebrated-authors-untold-tale-517101/</ref> *2010, "Laura Hillenbrand releases new book while fighting chronic fatigue syndrome" ''The Washington Post'' By: Monica Hesse. "Then there are the more recent wins. The time she managed to take an entire shower standing up. The time she and her husband, Borden Flanagan, drove to the alley at the end of their block so she could see something other than the cemetery behind their yard, and the time, a few weeks later, that they drove all the way to Starbucks. Sat in the parking lot. Drove home."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/28/AR2010112803533.html Laura Hillenbrand releases new book while fighting chronic fatigue syndrome]</ref> *2011, [http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/an-author-escapes-from-chronic-fatigue-syndrome/ "An Author Escapes From Chronic Fatigue Syndrome"] ''The New York Times'' By: Tara Parker-Pope *2014, "The Unbreakable Laura Hillenbrand," ''The New York Times'' By: Wil S. Hylton "Since 1987, Hillenbrand has been sick with chronic fatigue syndrome, which has mostly confined her indoors for the last quarter century."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/magazine/the-unbreakable-laura-hillenbrand.html Unbreakable Laura Hillenbrand]</ref> *2016, [http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2016summer/leaving-frailty-behind.html "Leaving frailty behind: A conversation with Laura Hillenbrand" by Paul Costello]<ref>http://stanmed.stanford.edu/2016summer/leaving-frailty-behind.html</ref> ==Talks and interviews== *2003 [https://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2003-07-03/laura-hillenbrand The Diane Rehm Show - NPR, July 3, 2003 with Laura Hillenbrand] *2014 [https://video.foxnews.com/v/3963255832001/unbroken-authors-personal-story-of-courage-and-resilience/?#sp=show-clips 'Unbroken' author's personal story of courage and resilience, ''Fox News Sunday,'' report by: James Rosen] *2016 [http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2016/08/17/laura-hillenbrand-leaving-frailty-behind/ Author Laura Hillenbrand: Leaving frailty behind, 1:2:1 Podcast] ==HHS/CFSAC== *[https://wayback.archive-it.org/3919/20140324193203/http://www.hhs.gov/advcomcfs/meetings/presentations/publictestimony-20130523-hillenbrand.pdf Public Testimony May 2013 by Reverend Bernard Hillenbrand, Laura Hillenbrand's father] ==Online presence== *[https://www.facebook.com/Laura-Hillenbrand-165038523517866/ Facebook] *[http://www.amazon.com/Laura-Hillenbrand/e/B000APTZYM Amazon.com] *[http://laurahillenbrandbooks.com/ Website] == See also == *[[Arts]] ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:ME and CFS in popular culture]] [[Category:People with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:Famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]] [[Category:American famous people with ME, CFS, and/or FMS]]
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